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Title
Two village scenes, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
Les filles s'amusent!... rond! rond! macaron...- Dartele meisjes aan 't spel." ("The girls are having fun ... Round! Round! ...") The first picture is an aerial view of a large group of children playing outside. They are holding hands and are forming three large circles. The second picture has the following caption: "Les garcons a leur premier parade.- De jongens aan hunne eerste parade marsch." ("The boys had their first parade.") A group of young men are lined in rows, marching down a dirt road.The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"
The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14284 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0024
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14284
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0024.jpg
Subject
Children
Customs and traditions
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Ankoro
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/019/0000/0024 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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